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Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

📍 Athens, Πειραιάς, Grecia

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Phaleron War Cemetery lies a few kilometres to the south-east of Athens, at the boundary between old Phaleron district and Alimos-Kalamak district, on the coast road from Athens to Vouliaghmen. The easiest means of reaching the cemetery is by the coastal tram, which takes about 35 minutes from the terminus at Syntagma Square on route 5 towards Glyfada. Alight at Pikrodafni, a stop about 200 metres beyond the cemetery, from where it can be easily seen. The Athens Memorial stands in the cemetery. The site of what is now Phaleron War Cemetery was chosen originally by the 4th Division as a burial ground for Commonwealth casualties of the Greek Civil War (December 1944-February 1945). Subsequently, the military authorities, in conjunction with the Greek Government and the Army Graves Service, decided that it would be the most suitable site for a Second World War cemetery for the whole mainland of Greece. The 23rd and 24th Graves Registration Units and the 21st and 22nd Australian War Graves Units worked together to bring in graves of the 1941 campaign from the battlefields, temporary military cemeteries and from various civil cemeteries. There are now 2029 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 596 of the burials are unidentified. Special memorials commemorate casualties known to have been interred in certain groups of graves in the cemetery, but whose individual graves cannot be precisely located within these groups. Other special memorials commemorate casualties re-buried in the cemetery from original graves which, owing to the destruction of local records, could not be identified. Also within the cemetery are: The Phaleron Cremation Memorial, commemorating 74 men of the army of undivided India who died during the campaigns in Greece and Crete during the Second World War and who were accorded the last rite required by their religion - committal to fire; the Athens Memorial, commemorating nearly 3000 members of the land forces of the Commonwealth who lost their lives during the campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 and 1944-1945, in the Dodecanese Islands in 1943-1945 and in Yugoslavia in 1943-1945, and who have no known grave; and, in the north-east corner of the cemetery, a plot containing the graves of servicemen and civilians who after serving in the Crimean War, died in Greece, and were buried in the Anglo-French Crimean Cemetery, New Phaleron. The graves were moved in 1966 when that cemetery could no longer be maintained.

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Ronald Leslie Tucker

Ronald Leslie Tucker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Cecil Miles

Cecil Miles

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harry H Rodgers

Harry H Rodgers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Norman Kenneth Newns

Norman Kenneth Newns

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7902908 L. CPL N. K. NEWNS 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 6TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 34 THERE IS A TIE DEATH CANNOT SEVER LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LIVE FOR EVER

Robert Vincent Shaw

Robert Vincent Shaw

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harry Herbert W Gardner

Harry Herbert W Gardner

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14324972 PRIVATE H. H. W. GARDNER THE QUEEN’S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS 16TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 20 TO HAVE, TO LOVE, TO LOSE AND IN GOD’S GOOD TIME TO FIND. MUM AND DAD

James Richard Sizemore

James Richard Sizemore

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Roy Percival Denman

Roy Percival Denman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

John Alan Radley

John Alan Radley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

L. W. M. Du Toit

L. W. M. Du Toit

1922 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT L. W. M. DU TOIT S.A.A.F. 21ST MARCH 1944 AGE 21 HIER RUS' N HELD. TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED

P. C. Bardoe

P. C. Bardoe

1950

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1331453 Navigator I P.C. Bardoe Royal Air Force 9th. May 1950 Age 27 In loving memory of my dear husband The finest of fine men

Cluny C Cameron

Cluny C Cameron

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Nathaniel James Alex Smyth

Nathaniel James Alex Smyth

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Francis James Whelan

Francis James Whelan

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Thomas Wilson

Albert Thomas Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

George Turnbull Buck

George Turnbull Buck

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

G D Pead

G D Pead

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11051455 PRIVATE G. D. PEAD THE ESSEX REGIMENT 17TH MAY 1946 AGE 25 ALWAYS REMEMBERED. MAM, DAD AND HARRY

Allan Archibald Jury

Allan Archibald Jury

1903 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Alexander Staines

John Alexander Staines

1916 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ernest George W. Terry

Ernest George W. Terry

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Thomas William Vinsen

Thomas William Vinsen

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Raymond Lonsdale Hornby

Albert Raymond Lonsdale Hornby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant A.R.L. Hornby 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 22nd. May 1941 Age 24 Good luck have thou with thine honour: Ride on...

Francis Welsh

Francis Welsh

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Kenneth K Satchwell

Kenneth K Satchwell

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

William W Croft

William W Croft

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

George G Read

George G Read

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edward Thomas Glover

Edward Thomas Glover

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lal Bahadur Limbu

Lal Bahadur Limbu

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Walter Scott Campbell Brodie

Walter Scott Campbell Brodie

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LOYALTY AND COURAGE, THESE HE HAD

Thomas T Fitzpatrick

Thomas T Fitzpatrick

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Frederick Don

John Frederick Don

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Arthur Mcghie Kyle

Arthur Mcghie Kyle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Templeton

John Templeton

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Kenneth John Morgan

Kenneth John Morgan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Clifford Charles Allen

Clifford Charles Allen

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Henry Storer Fletcher

Henry Storer Fletcher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Stephen George Warner

Stephen George Warner

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Bruce Duscher

Albert Bruce Duscher

1908 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Alexander Joseph Pentland Smith

Alexander Joseph Pentland Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Lucas Yanez

Lucas Yanez

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7932545 Trooper L.. Yanez 50th. Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 9th. June 1945 A silent thought True and tender. God bless you, Lucas dear. Always remembered. Mam

James Henry Tetlow

James Henry Tetlow

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Mustakhim Muhammad

Mustakhim Muhammad

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Army Ordnance Corps

William Gordon Henry

William Gordon Henry

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 10212 PRIVATE W. G. HENRY A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV. 21ST APRIL 1941 AGE 24 EVER REMEMBERED

Arthur William Barrett

Arthur William Barrett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Leslie Wilfred Carpenter

Leslie Wilfred Carpenter

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

810270 FUSILIER L. W, CARPENTER THE ROYAL FUSILIERS 16TH JUNE 1946 AGE 29 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING HE SHALL BE REMEMBERED

Edward Alfred Pocock

Edward Alfred Pocock

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leonard L Gray

Leonard L Gray

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Andrew Henry Francis Carr

Andrew Henry Francis Carr

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

21034 Gunner A.H.F. Carr N.Z. Artillery 21st April 1941 Age 23

Robert R Adams

Robert R Adams

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Cecil Edward Watson

Cecil Edward Watson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1832144 Serjeant C.E. Watson The York & Lancaster Regt. 7th. April 1945 Age 29 We all miss you, Gone but not forgotten

Albert A Palmer

Albert A Palmer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Christopher Cyril Ballinger

Christopher Cyril Ballinger

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William W Watson

William W Watson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Sidney S Thomas

Sidney S Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Gerald Austin Wolters

Gerald Austin Wolters

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 8629 L. SGT. G. A. WOLTERS 2/3 AUST. FD. RGT. 12TH APRIL 1941 AGE 22 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

Shah Yusuf

Shah Yusuf

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners

Owen Smith

Owen Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1502654 Gunner O. Smith Royal Artillery 26th. - 27th. April 1941 Age 22

Keith Crofton Shugar

Keith Crofton Shugar

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1457 L.Sjt. K.C. Shugar N.Z. Artillery 17th. April 1941 Age 28

William Francis Burke

William Francis Burke

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Frank Adnitt Caunt

Frank Adnitt Caunt

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2nd Lieutenant F.A. Caunt Royal Army Service Corps 26th. April 1941 Age 26 "For what we cannot He can see And in His love He safe will be"

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